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Re: Top Top 10 Favorite Personalities In Boxing- All Time

Sometimes I like the fighters who are a little more charasmatic outside the ring, but most of the time they end up making themselves a bit twaty... Like Mundine.. His boxing earnt him some respect from me, he mouth annoyed the hell out of me.. I didn't mind Roy Jones, and kind of hated mayweather but loved him at the same time..

I like guys like Pac, Margarito, Corrales etc who are really professional and obviously have a lot of respect for life and everything else.. And Boxing is just a part of it... I always say boxing can never have enough personalities like that...

However, the loudmouth types are like a "love 'em or hate 'em" type thing and they are good for the sport as well.. Especially if you love them...

Re: Top Top 10 Favorite Personalities In Boxing- All Time

Originally Posted by Dizaster

Sometimes I like the fighters who are a little more charasmatic outside the ring, but most of the time they end up making themselves a bit twaty... Like Mundine.. His boxing earnt him some respect from me, he mouth annoyed the hell out of me.. I didn't mind Roy Jones, and kind of hated mayweather but loved him at the same time..

I like guys like Pac, Margarito, Corrales etc who are really professional and obviously have a lot of respect for life and everything else.. And Boxing is just a part of it... I always say boxing can never have enough personalities like that...

However, the loudmouth types are like a "love 'em or hate 'em" type thing and they are good for the sport as well.. Especially if you love them...

I get where your coming from. Just cos a guy is loud and talks trash dont mean he is charismatic. I like the guys u mentioned who just let their fists do the talking. My all time favourite fighter Tszyu was the same.

Re: Top Top 10 Favorite Personalities In Boxing- All Time

1 Ali-the best mouth in boxing history
2 Louis-people forget at one point he was the lord of Harlem
3 Hopkins- dear god can he sell a fight with his mouth alone
4 Cobb- The human funny quote machine
5 Sugar Ray Leanord- could sell any product on earth in the 80s
6 Bert Sugar-How many people get to be famous for being Bert Sugar
7 Jack Johnson- Larger then life
8 Max Baer- The Clown prince of boxing
9 Larry Merchant-this begrudging, but it has to be on here
10 Howard Cosell- Cmon he was the voice of boxing for allmost 20 years

Re: Top Top 10 Favorite Personalities In Boxing- All Time

It's hard to pick ten that stand out on the plus side because of their personalities, there's lots of people in the business I like, it's easier to pick 10 who stand out on the down side, but here goes, in no particuilar order...

Alexis Arguello - A true gentleman, personified the word respect.George Foreman - Don't know that he had a personality back in the '70s, but late in his career, and as an announcer, he's hard not to like.Bernard Hopkins - Hard to find a reason why, I just like him. Kinda like cheering for the bad guy.Marvin Hagler - As much as anyone, he had the heart of a champion.Lennox Lewis - for his Canadian roots.Howard Cosell - Back then, a pompous ass. Now? Pure nostalgia.Muhammed Ali - A great interview, funny guy, Did a lot to help out the less fortunate.George Chuvalo - Paid some horrendous dues post boxing, but always held his head high and tried to remain positive.

can't really think of anyone else. I will give an honorable mention to Antonio Tarver. He'll always be one of my heroes, for his slap down of the hot dog they called RJJ.